How Elon Musk Learns Faster and Better than Everyone Else

Four multibillion companies by his mid-40s, in four separate fields (software, energy, transportation, and aerospace)? While most entrepreneurs focus on a specific niche, Elon Musk has broken all the established rules.

To explain Musk's success, others have pointed to his heroic work ethic (he regularly works 85-hour weeks), his ability to set reality-distorting visions for the future and his incredible resilience.